rascheln
[ˈʁaʃl̩n]
The verdict
“rascheln” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #47,677 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #47,677
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das eher leise Geräusch von sich geben, das entsteht, wenn sich trockene Teile, zum Beispiel Blätter aneinander reiben
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rascheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁaʃl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rascheln” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for rascheln is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁaʃl̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,677 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das eher leise Geräusch von sich geben, das entsteht, wenn sich trockene Teile, zum Beispiel Blätter aneinander reiben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for rascheln, with forms such as "arscheln", "racsheln", and "rasccheln". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "rauchen", "raschen", "rascher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is rascheln, spelled R-A-S-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1das eher leise Geräusch von sich geben, das entsteht, wenn sich trockene Teile, zum Beispiel Blätter aneinander reiben
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arscheln,racsheln,rasccheln,rascehln,raschelln,raschelnn,raschenl,raschheln,raschlen,rashceln,rasscheln,rrascheln,rsacheln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rascheln - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rascheln”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-A-S-C-H-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁaʃl̩n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rauchen” - see the side-by-side comparison. rascheln vs rauchen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.